Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1

Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1 is the first edition of the national final Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia that selects the entries Kaohportia sends to the Maia Song Contest. The first edition of the show will select the entry for the Maia Song Contest 2, after Kaohportia's début entry was internally selected.

Format
The show consists of two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs, two from each province, are entered into the competition. 6 of them qualify to the final (3 entries from each semi-final) where the winner will be selected.

Entries
All five provinces can enter two entries of their own choice in the contest. Each of their entries will be allocated to a semi-final by random draw where the running order is also determined by a random draw. Usually provinces select their entries internally. Either the songwriter, composer or singer has to be from the province they are representing, which may lead to singers from other provinces or even other nations competing in the contest.

Shows
One song from each country will be allocated in the first semi-final, the other song performs in the second semi-final. The top three from each semi-final will advance to the final where 6 songs will compete for the win. It is possible that a province has both of their songs eliminated in the semi-finals, while it's also possible a province has both of it's entries advance to the final.

The semi-finals will be opened by the contestants participating in that semi-final covering a song from the previous edition of the Maia Song Contest. In the final, the six finalists cover the Kaohportian song from that contest, Perfect World

Semi-final
Each province will send two jury members (one male, one female) to the contest. In the semi-finals, these are solely responsible for awarding points in the name of their province. Each jury member (10 in total) awards 2, 4, 6 and 8 points; 8 points to the song they like most, 2 points to the song they like least. Jury members may not award points to the entry from their own province. The three entries that get the highest amount of points from the juries advance to the final. Only the qualifiers will be announced; full results are released after the final. Juries vote during the so-called jury rehearsal, which takes place one day before the televised show.

Final
Jury members will still vote in the same fashion as in the semi-final. However, in the final, televoting is also responsible for half of the voting process. Televoting results are calculated by province; once again, provinces may not vote for their own entry. The amount of televotes cast per entry by a province are added up and turned into points, with 8 points going to the song with the highest amount of televotes, and 2 points going to the song with the least amount of televotes. Because there are two jury members per province but only one televote result, the televoting points are doubled to make the voting a 50/50 split between juries and televoters. This means each country will award 4, 8, 12 and 16 points from televoting. While jury members still vote during the jury rehearsal, televoting takes place during the televised show.

Semi-final
Since juries vote before the televised show, no interval act is required. The jury scores are added up and the three highest scoring entries advance to the final. These three countries are announced in a random order.

Final
The revelation of the final results happens in two parts. In the first part, the jury members read out their votes one by one, while a digital scoreboard keeps track of the amount of points each country receives. After all ten juries have voted in a randomly determined order, the televoting results are revealed. The hosts first announce the score of the last place in televoting; this score is then added to the total score. After the televoting last place, the second-to-last place is announced, and so forth, ending with the televoting winner. The entry that has received the most points after both parts of the results show is the winner of Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1 and wins the right to represent Kaohportia in the Maia Song Contest 2.

Entries
Right after the selection of Maan and Perfect World as the Kaohportian début entry, KNRT announced that provinces could submit their entries for the first edition of Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia. The entry submission deadline was on the 11th of July. A semi-final allocation draw, immediately followed by a draw for starting position, was held on the 20th of July.

Semi-final 1
The first semi-final is due to take place on July 21st. It will be opened by all contestants in the semi-final covering "Mademoiselle Hyde" by Lara Fabian, the Maia Song Contest 1 entry of neighboring country Tybalteva.

Semi-final 2
Semi-final 2 is due to take place on the 23rd of July. The semi-final was opened by the contestants performing in the semi-final covering "Staring at the Sun" by Anastacia and Digital Dog, the Maia Song Contest 1 entry from Lianistan, which received 12 points from Kaohportia.

Final
The final of Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1 is set to take place on the 27th of July. The 6 qualifying entries from the semi-finals will take part. The semi-final will be opened by the six finalists covering Perfect World, Kaohportia's own entry in Maia Song Contest 1. SAFIA will perform Counting Sheep and Over You as the interval act.

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Jury Members
Seladna Ni: Maan and A. Hodelet

Barbat: M. Borsati and C. Tinse

Da'retha: Hardwell and R. Ledi

Frilsand: A. Salo and F. Baker

Liimbe: V. Luvt and S. Amea

Voting Order
1. A. Hodelet

2. Hardwell

3. V. Luvt

4. Maan

5. F. Baker

6. S. Amea

7. M. Borsati

8. R. Ledi

9. C. Tinse

10. A. Salo

Pastora Soler rumours
During the entry confirmation period, various newspapers and websites rumoured that the half-Dalérin, half-Kaohportian singer Pastora Soler had been recruited to ding for Barbat in Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1. While Pastora denied these rumours, and intern at the regional television Barbat Lokala confirmed Pastora's participation. The day after, the chairman of Barbat Lokala explained on national television that Soler had actually been cast for Danza vi ze Stere (the Kaohportian version of Dancing with the Stars) and not for Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia. The intern at Barbat Lokala was subsequently fired for staring classified, albeit wrong, information.

Technical problems
The first edition of the show was plaggen by various technical issues. In semi-final 1, microphones and led-panels on the stage broke down after Kelly Clarkson's performance, rendering Daya unable to perform. This caused a small delay. A second incident in the first semi-final occurred when the presenters' earpieces and microphones broke down, causing the qualifier announcement to delay.